by Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Folio · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070403738
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«Les Confessions: Livres I à IV» is the autobiography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, published by Folio in paperback (272 pages, in French).
Rousseau reconstructs his early years, from childhood in Geneva as the son of a watchmaker and orphaned of his mother to his flight from his surroundings and youthful travels. The narrative culminates in his encounter with Madame de Warens, the woman he falls in love with, and in the awakening of reading and of memory itself as the basis of his identity.
This edition belongs to the Folio Classique collection, includes the complete text of the first four books and the preface by J.-B. Pontalis.
Edition aimed at the school environment (BAC 99 mark) and suitable for students of French literature and readers interested in Rousseau's autobiography.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought.
